CAST

DANIELK. ISAACrecently completed production on Season 4 of Showtime’s hit series “Billions”, reprising his fan favorite role as trader “Ben Kim”. He can also be seen on the breakout Comedy Central series “The Other Two”.

Other film and television credits include the feature film, The Drummer, opposite Danny Glover, The Dark End Of The Street, Money Monster (dir. Jodie Foster), “The Jim Gaffigan Show” (TV LAND), “Person of Interest” (CBS) and Too Big to Fail (HBO). Daniel co-wrote and stars in the short film/pilot presentation, “According To My Mother.” The project was selected for IFP Film Week and the inaugural Sundance New Voices Lab and was an Official Selection at ITVFest, Newfest, Outfest & Outfest Fusion, CAAMfest, SeriesFest (where it was awarded Best Actress), and New York Television Festival (Best Drama and Best Actor).

RYAN JAMAAL SWAIN (Elliot) discovered his passion for performing at an early age and has continued to shine with his triple threat abilities as an actor, dancer and singer. Swain’s breakout role as ‘Damon’ on Ryan Murphy’s “Pose,” has gained him much praise and acclaim for his portrayal of an ambitious aspiring dancer who after being kicked out of his home for being gay becomes a part of self-selected family that provides him with the love and support he’d never received before. The highly renowned and Golden Globe nominated FX series is now entering its second season. In his break out year on television, Swain was included on the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 list, was named by PAPER magazine as 100 People Taking Over 2019 and was featured in publications such as Nylon, GQ, NY Times, Interview Magazine and WWD, to name a few. Ryan also recently made his Broadway debut in “Choir Boy,” directed by Trip Cullman.

In 2014, Swain wrote and starred in “A Negro Writer,” a one-man show about Langston Hughes and his life. Swain recently finished a World Premiere Off-Broadway production of the critically acclaimed “Kill Move Paradise” (National Black Theatre, New York) and “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey” (American Theatre of Actors, New York). Among his favorite credits are his roles in “Six Degrees of Separation” (‘Paul,’ Keegan Theatre, Washington D.C), “295N” (‘Jasen,’ Signature Theatre, Washington, D.C., World Premiere), “Thoughts of a Colored Man” (‘Wisdom,’ GALA Hispanic Theatre, Washington, D.C., World Premiere), and “Spring Awakening” (‘Moritz,’ City Equity Theater, Birmingham, AL).

Swain grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and honed his craft in local dance and theater companies such as Alabama Dance Academy, Alabama Ballet, Red Mountain Theatre Company, Birmingham Children’s Theatre and Virginia Samford Theatre. He also trained at Howard University and British American Academy in Oxford U.K.

As a young activist Swain lends his name as a Stonewall Ambassador and to the It Gets Better Project both in the US and abroad. Swain is currently working on a young adult book based on a queer Southern teenager who is finding his way through life’s highs and lows. As one to watch in the fashion space, Swain has caught the attention designers such as Christian Dior, Thom Browne, Salvatore Ferragamo, Coach, and Helmut Lang, and his style stands out among his peers at red carpets and events throughout NYC.

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

PREVIOUS SCREENINGS

Outfest Fusion LGBT People of Color Film Festival, March 2019Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBT FIlm Festival, March 2019qFLIX Philadelphia, March 2019Reel Out Charlotte, May 2019QFest St. Louis, May 2019Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, May 2019CAAMFest, May 2019FilmOUT San Diego, May 2019Seattle International Film Festival, June 2019Fairy Tales Film Festival, June 2019Kashish: Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, June 2019Out Here Now: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, June 2019Palm Springs International Shortfest, June 2019Frameline: San Francisco LGBTQ+ Film Festival, June 2019Color of Conversation Film Festival, July 2019Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival, August 2019HollyShorts Film Festival, August 2019North Carolina Gay + Lesbian Film Festival, August 2019Stamped Pensacola LGBTQ Film Festival, August 2019Vancouver Queer Film Festival, August 2019aGLIFF, August 2019Sidewalk Film Festival, August 2019

DIRECTOR's BIOGRAPHY

DAVID SCALA (Writer/Director/Producer/Editor) is a second-generation Filipino-American filmmaker & playwright who received his BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts film school. His four previous short films have screened and won top awards at over 40 film festivals in the US and abroad. His previous LGBT short film GROTTO (2013) won Outstanding Emerging Talent at FilmOUT San Diego, and screened at over 30 festivals, including the Palm Springs International ShortFest.

His feature screenplays have been finalists for the Sundance Screenwriting Lab (2016, 2018, 2019), Hamptons Film Festival (2012), and NYU/Sloan Film Award (2010). In 2017, his full-length play AMONG THE FURIES won Best Play, Best Actress, and Best Scenic Design at the 2017 New York Theatre Festival, where he was also nominated as Best Director. The show returned the following years where it played a sold-out, critically-acclaimed run at the 2018 New York International Fringe Festival.

He is currently in various stages of development on multiple film projects to make his feature directorial debut. (Ask him about them!)